The best Kullervo Kalske’s comedy movies
We present our ranking of the best Kullervo Kalske’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Kullervo Kalske.
The Count
5.3/10
Pertti Ylermi Lindgren (b. 1936) was engaged to 76 women, married none, but took the money of all. Lindgren is the real thing, as far as swindlers go. Peter von Bagh asked him to play himself in a film that would reconstruct some of his greatest moments, i.e. the most flamboyant «stunts» – and he agreed! So, marvel at Lindgren playing Lindgren, and study, on the film's second narrative string, how he's trying to get by, dancing and being charming through the summer of 1970, in dance-halls and pavilions.
Pete Blockhead
5.6/10
Pete and Runt set up a kindergarten at their home, and unknowingly end up taking care of a kidnapped baby.
Vodka, Mr. Palmu
5.9/10
A TV reporter is murdered when he is eavesdropping on a secret Finnish-Soviet conference. The National Broadcasting Corporation enlists the help of police lieutenant Palmu, who comes out of retirement for this case. However, some have their doubts about the loyalities of Palmu, seeing that he was spotted in a diplomatic soiree in Moscow just a few weeks before the murder.
Ruma Elsa
6.2/10
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
7.7/10
A rich widow is found dead in her apartment in Helsinki due to gas poisoning. The incident is initially thought to be an accident, but Inspector Palmu notices that the murderer made a mistake, and so Palmu, Kokki and Virta begin the investigation: who had come to the apartment through the balcony door and opened the gas tap while Mrs. Skrofi was asleep?
Rakas lurjus
6.6/10
It is a time of extreme housing shortage in Helsinki. People with room in their flats are required either to find subtenants or to lodge anyone sent by the housing commission. Abel and Jussi Siimes, two devoted haters of women, find themselves in this predicament. They need to find a subtenant quickly to avoid the possibility of the housing commission sending a woman, God forbid it, to live with them. Abel's acquaintance, an assessor, recommends his nephew Kaino as the perfect choice.
The Radio Burglary
6.9/10
Eager young radio reporter Teräsvuori stages a one-man burglary into the Helsinki Art Museum, recorded on tape for a later broadcast by his friend Laakso. Things go awry when a gang of real criminals overhear their plans and book their heist to coincide. Teräsvuori gets caught but escapes from police custody to start his private investigations together with female radio colleague Eila.
Herra sotaministeri
5.5/10
Love North of the Arctic Circle
4.4/10
Young woman flies to Lapland together with her father and his new female friend whom the daughter dislikes. On a lonely skiing-trip across the vast wilderness, the young lady ends up in a shack inhabited by two research engineers and a funny old Lapland man who sees peculiar dreams.
Red Pants
4.7/10
The military farce Punahousut (1939), directed by Ilmari Unho, is based on a play by Valfrid Ahonen. The tarragon regiment moving to the small town charms the women of the locality. Only trade counselor Ottilia Mähönen (Aino Lohikoski) considers them brutal barbarians and is horrified when her daughter Irja (Helena Kara) gives her room to cavalry master Osmo Kyrö (Kullervo Kalske) who needs accommodation.
Lentävä kalakukko
5.6/10
A Hired Fiance
6.4/10
A romantic comedy about Meeri who is going through a divorce. She is hiding the relationship with a boxer. After seeing an advertisement in a magazine, she then hires a cavalier from and agency to escort her home from an upper-class party.
With Sisu and Heart
4.5/10
A Finnish romantic comedy about two rival student groups making their own Olympics. The student chairman Pena (Kullervo Kalske) recruits to a boxing match the insect researcher and bookworm Matti Kiviaho (Esko Saha), mainly to embarrass him before his girlfriend Laila. During the summer, young people preparing for the games practice both for sports and romance.
